6:30 AM,
Oct. 21, 2011

Law enforcement officers search the front yard of the home at 32 Maple St. in Waretown after a police shooting there in March.

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A Toms River attorney has filed a $10 million federal lawsuit against Ocean Township on behalf of the estate of a 34-year-old Waretown man shot dead on his front porch in March by a police officer sent there to check on his welfare.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court by attorney Daniel J. Carluccio on behalf of the estate of Todd Wolford, alleges that the township police violated Wolford's constitutionally protected rights to bear arms and against search and seizure.

Named as defendants in the lawsuit are Ocean Township police officer Matthew Quinn, identified as the officer who ...